ALONSO_CREEM ANN_MARIE ANSEL CRISPIN DR_MOISE DUTCH EICHHORST EMMA EPH FARRELL FELIX FITZWILLIAM GARY_ARNOT GUADALUPE GUS JIM MAN NIGERIAN NORA PALMER REDFERN SECRETARY_PIERSON SETRAKIAN SURGICAL_NURSE TRIP EPH Two hundred and six passengers are dead. EPH And we don't know why. Four passengers-- EPH survived and we don't know why. EPH Seal off the perimeter of the airport! JIM Got it. JIM I said, let him through! JIM I made a deal with Gregg to provide some information, and let a piece of medical cargo through Customs. That's it. EICHHORST Here is the rest of the money Gregg promised you in return. EPH Tell him that one of the survivors is very sick. EPH Tell him we need to corral the rest of the survivors and anybody-- EPH they’ve had contact with ... now! NORA Not right here. Why? SETRAKIAN Because you need to find every last passenger and destroy the bodies and anyone in contact with them. This is Gary Arnot. GARY ARNOT Thank you for-- GARY ARNOT --sending my little girl home to me. EPH Are you saying someone released her body to you? GARY ARNOT No, not her body. GARY ARNOT Emma's alive. She showed up on my doorstep this morning. EMMA GARY ARNOT EPH We need to get him into surgery. Find out what's happening inside him right now. SURGICAL NURSE Your patient--he's gone! JIM Okay, I found him. EPH Doyle? What are you doing? NORA Stay away from him! REDFERN EPH Oh my God. What just happened here? NORA You didn't have a choice. JIM Did you hear him say my name? NORA What? No. EPH He didn't say anything. I wish he had. NORA The old man said destroy the head and burn the body. Should we be doing that? JIM What are you saying? We burning corpses now? EPH Okay. We have to cut him open before the whole hospital gets down here. JIM Cut him open?! We're all gonna get arrested! NORA It was self-defense! No one's getting arrested! EPH Let's move him. We have to find a place to do this. JIM We've got to call this in. This is way over our heads. EPH I just killed this thing! I need to explain why I did that, Jim! NORA I'll go find a room. EPH Help me move him. JIM I just want to go on record. I do not think that this is a good idea. EPH A monster just tried to murder us. There are no records. EPH Okay, we need a surgical kit, specimen jars, and rubber bands to seal the gloves. EPH Jim, stay with the body. JIM What if it gets up? EPH Run. JIM Funny. EPH You run. JIM But he's not gonna get up, right? NORA Do you think Redfern knew what was happening to him? EPH I hope not. If you need time, I can do this on my own. NORA How? I want to be there. Find some answers. Make his death mean something. EPH Good, 'cause I need you. ANN MARIE Ansel? ANN MARIE I'm taking the kids to your sister's. Unless you think I shouldn't. ANSEL No--take them--get them out of here--as soon as you can. ANSEL Daddy's not feeling well. Just go with Mommy, okay? ANN MARIE Please let me call Doctor Barrett. He knows our family. He's--he's not like these government people. He cares about you. ANSEL No. I'm gonna rest. I'll be fine. ANN MARIE Go and wait by the door please. Go on. ANN MARIE Is there anything I can do for you? ANSEL No, Annie. Just take care of the kids, okay? Tell them I'm sorry for being so grumpy, huh? ANN MARIE I'll put Gertie in the shed, get her out of your way-- ANSEL NO! No ... leave her. She can keep me company. CRISPIN Gus, where's my clock? GUS Shut up. FELIX Ha! Gusto! Ha! GUS What up, bro? FELIX Buenos dias. GUS What up, bro? Smells good in here, man. FELIX Gotta fatten you up, ese. GUS I'm hungry! FELIX Those jute balls got you all manorexic. GUS Everybody can't be pretty like you, bro. FELIX Ah, this is a start, though. GUS Yeah? FELIX I hear good things. GUS Thank you, man. FELIX Cash flow things. GUS Keep it down, bro. FELIX There's this dude in Queens, Alonso Creem? GUS Uh-huh. FELIX He buys cars. Hear he pays up to a G a pop. Him and these Nigerians. This is a sure thing, homie. GUS For real? FELIX Yeah. GUS 'Cause a sure thing got me locked up last time. GUADALUPE GUS Hola, Mommy. GUADALUPE GUS Yeah, cómo estás? GUADALUPE FELIX Buenos dias. GUADALUPE Buenos dias. GUADALUPE FELIX GUADALUPE I got the sweet rolls you like. GUADALUPE I stopped off at the bakery. GUS Thank you. GUADALUPE You know how I love this nino. GUS Uh-huh. GUADALUPE Ah, Every day he call me or came when you were away. GUS I know. GUADALUPE GUADALUPE He bring me groceries. GUS Yeah? GUADALUPE Yeah. FELIX I stole them from my Pop's store. GUADALUPE Don't joke. FELIX Not joking. GUADALUPE No, no, not too much. I have to watch my weight. FELIX GUADALUPE CRISPIN GUS Thank you, Mama. GUADALUPE Di nada. GUS I love you. GUADALUPE I love you too. PALMER Ah, Herr Eichhorst. EICHHORST Herr Palmer. PALMER Mr. Fitzwilliam, now that Mr. Eichhorst is here, will you show in our guest? EICHHORST So? PALMER Dutch Velders. A self-described Internet freedom fighter. Claims he can do all we need. Eccentric, but comes highly recommended. FITZWILLIAM Dutch Velders, Mr. Palmer. PALMER Hello, Miss Velders. Sorry, nobody said you were a woman. DUTCH I get that a lot. PALMER After the Regis Air catastrophe, the stock markets plummeted. Then, as we all know, the CEO of Regis Air killed himself. Now, the online community is up in arms about corporate greed and corruption--all those people on that plane dying, the stock market crash--and the possibility of the suspension of the nation's air travel. The online group Citizens for Liberty is planning a massive hacking campaign to crash the websites of New York City's largest corporations. Is that believable, Miss Velders? DUTCH Anything is possible, if it's motivated by enough hatred, Mr. Palmer. But it's gotta be someone really smart, to figure out how to drown servers. It takes time and patience. But the story is--the group came to me. I'm the only one who could slow the Internet down to worse than dial-up. If there's someone else that can, I taught them. EICHHORST She wants credit for it. DUTCH And I also want money. EICHHORST It must be so slow that sending photos or instant anything is impossible. DUTCH Sure. It's much harder to hide evil shit these days, isn't it? DUTCH Are we doing this? PALMER Yes, you're hired. Thank you for coming in. EPH Jim, record video. Use my phone but be careful: don't get near the blood. JIM There's not a chance of that happening. EPH What happened to the worms? NORA I don't know but look at this. These folds--they seem functional. EPH Vestibular folds--if the body temperature rose, a lot of heat would be released through there. EPH His, uh, genitals are ... gone. Uh, his excreting organs have fused into a cloaca. JIM Do I even wanna know? EPH Uh, reptiles, birds, other lower animals--their urine and feces are all expelled through the same opening. JIM Oh, that's adorable. EPH It's efficient. EPH Let's open him up. EPH Jim, get closer. Film this. EPH The lungs have dried up. EPH Label that. NORA Label it as what? EPH Ah, the heart is all shriveled up. The arteries are necrotic but these tubular structures appear healthy. NORA It's a new circulatory system. EPH It's brand-new flesh but it's ... it's symmetrical. It's not random or cancerous. This is a plaque, cartilage ... it's a whole new set of organs as generated to propel this stinger. EPH Oh! JIM Is that the technical term for it, is it? Stinger? JIM Feel like I'm choking just looking at it. EPH/NORA/JIM NORA JIM Christ! What is that smell? NORA Ammonia discharge. Like guano. EPH Same as on the plane. NORA And Bishop's body. JIM That's enough. This is disgusting. Just--just call it in, Eph! Goddamit, just call it in! EPH Jim-- JIM No, this thing just shot a six-foot python out of its mouth; its dick is gone, and it just squirted a shitload of shit all over the table and you got your hands everywhere! I mean--God--what the hell is going on?! EPH It's a parasitic mechanism. This is rewriting human biology. JIM Why? Why is it doing that? EPH So it can reproduce. And consume its host. GUADALUPE Hi, Mr. Farrell. FARRELL I'm gettin' a little tired of comin' up here, Gadaloop. GUADALUPE I'm sorry. FARRELL You always sorry, but nothin' changes. How many times do I have to tell you--don't leave your recycling in the hallway. It's a fire hazard. FARRELL Gus. Hey, there. Didn't know you were back in town. GUS I thought we were squared up this month. FARRELL No. I didn't get it. GUS Did you take the rent down? CRISPIN Yes! I swear! GUS Just give me a moment, please. GUADALUPE Okay. FARRELL If I don't deliver rent checks on time, the owner beats my balls off. Everybody works for somebody, right or wrong? GUS We're not talking about the rent now. Now we're talking about the way you speak to my mother. You think that's funny, huh? 'Cause if she ever tells me you talked to her like that again, they're gonna find your body in one of those recycling bins you love so much. Now, here's the rent, and half of next month's. FELIX You need me, mano? GUS Yo. You forgot something. GUS Go green. GUS/FELIX GUS Now, let's go meet that guy with the Nigerians. ANN MARIE Ansel, I'm home! ANN MARIE I made it! ANN MARIE Ansel? I left this shirt out for you, honey. I thought maybe ... you could get out of your pajamas today. ANN MARIE Oh! Did your Daddy take you for a walk? That would be nice. Everybody getting some air today. ANN MARIE Of whom shall I be afraid? ANN MARIE No one. No one. I'm not afraid. ANN MARIE ANN MARIE Ansel? ANN MARIE Ansel? Is that you? ANN MARIE Are you all right? Honey, are you hiding from me? Why did you do that? ANN MARIE Mary, walk with me. ANN MARIE Ansel, honey? ANN MARIE What's happened you? I want to help you. Let me, please. ANSEL ANN MARIE ANSEL Run! Go away! Please, Annie! Go! Don't come near me! Never come back. ANN MARIE My God! ANSEL The voice in my head is telling me to rip your throat and drink from you. I need you! Lock the door and run, Ann-Marie. No matter what I say! Please, Annie, go, far away! ANSEL ANN MARIE SETRAKIAN I'm closed for the day. GUS It's still morning. SETRAKIAN Thank you for that profound observation. GUS I got something for you. SETRAKIAN Not today. SETRAKIAN I'm not in the business of buying my own property back. GUS I'm returning it to you. SETRAKIAN I imagine that's the only good news this day will bring. GUS Well, you're welcome. GUS Asshole! EPH I could've listened to that old man, taken the cabinet, destroyed it. Now it's gone, and there's a disease spreading through the city. NORA What now? EPH Well, we get out of here and we stop this thing somehow, even if nobody will help. NORA How? EPH I dunno. JIM This is my fault. EPH No, it isn't. JIM No, Eph, it is. I waved that van through. At the airport after you sealed it. I was paid to do it. The box was inside. EPH What? JIM I'm flat broke. NORA What does that have to do with letting the box through? EPH Go back. JIM This guy named Gregg Nelson approached me at a medical convention. I mean, he just wanted to sell the CDC some equipment, you know, some ideas about government contracts. I mean, I think I was targeted. I'm sure. NORA Who targeted you? JIM They knew about my debt! All right? They knew about everything Sylvia was going through! I don't know how, but they did! I mean, I owed a lot of money before she got sick, but after, with medical bills ... NORA You have insurance. JIM Sylvia is dying! The cancer is everywhere! We ran every treatment they offered and then we kept going. We did anything that we thought made sense--and the cost was insane. EPH Are you saying this epidemic was intentional? That somebody planned this? Is that what you're saying? JIM I don't know! I don't know! All right, they paid me a little bit of money to do 'em a favor, all right? And then the favors kept getting bigger-- EPH And you wait until now to tell us? JIM They wanted me to clear a box from the airport! A box! It was soil! The readings were negative! It was just soil! I would never hurt anybody! Come on, you know me! We've been friends for ten years, all of us! Come on, please! NORA Where did they take the coffin? JIM I don't know. NORA Who's behind all this? JIM Some scary prick--this German guy--threatened me. JIM C'mon, I'm on your team. You might not understand this, Eph, but I would do anything to keep my wife alive! JIM EPH Go to your wife. Call Barnes. Call the police. I don't care. You're dead to me. JIM There was nothing I could do. NORA Give me the phone. JIM Nora, please. NORA EPH I don't know that guy back there. NORA Think of how desperate he must've been to do something like that-- EPH Please don't make excuses for him. NORA Just trying to imagine if someone I was in love with was dying. What I'd be capable of doing. NORA We need to find another victim. Setrakian said he knew where the bodies were going. Back to their loved ones. EPH Emma Arnot. Her father--Jesus, he ... NORA We'll bring her to the hospital, run some tests. EPH Then we'll have video of both Redfern and her. NORA I'll never get used to this car. EPH You know, I traded my Rolex for it back-- NORA Yeah, I know, I know. FELIX Missed you, fool! ANN MARIE I hope you didn't suffer. Ansel is sick; something is warping him ... inside. God only knows what he saw on that plane, goddamn air planes! Like missiles, the way they rip through everything. I asked him, you heard me, but sometimes you can't speak about the things you see. MAN Hello? Ann-Marie? MAN Oh my God. TRIP Yeah, hi, hi. Trip Taylor from next door? Wow, a little winter gardening? ANN MARIE What do you want, Mr. Taylor? TRIP Yeah, I'm officially fed up with this noise. Either you let the dog out so she shuts up, or--I don't know--maybe train her to behave while she's locked in the shed. This isn't rocket science. It's shameful to own a pet and not discipline it. Oh, and speaking of filthy animals, those press people parked out front used my mimosa tree as a piss post. Thank you very much for that. ANN MARIE I don't think you're going to have to worry about the dog anymore. TRIP That's what your husband said the first time your mutt tore up my yard. ANN MARIE What do you mean? TRIP Well, she entered my property without permission. ANN MARIE You hit my dog? TRIP I didn't say that. TRIP Okay, I'm calling the police. This is outrageous. ANN MARIE I'm sorry. I'm sorry! Please forgive me. If you want to go in there and teach her a few things--I don't have the heart for it. You're right about that. TRIP Good. TRIP Oh, God! Whoa! Whoa! What are you doing? TRIP What the hell--No, no, stop! Oh my God, no! FELIX Gentlemen. Sorry to interrupt. ALONSO CREEM Does it look like we open? FELIX We got something to sell. FELIX We hear you have a real nice showroom. We'd like to add to it. ALONSO CREEM That so? GUS It's out back. ALONSO CREEM Look, now's not a good time. Nah, our phones are down, Internet's not working, it's just-- GUS Yeah, well, we here now. GUS I mean, if we ain't good enough for you to do business with, then we out. FELIX Wait. It's a brand-new Mercedes SUV. ALONSO CREEM Let's see what you got. NIGERIAN --white boy ... FELIX It's colder than a goblin's ass out here, huh? GUS --you think, homeboy? NIGERIAN GUS What? GUS NIGERIAN ALONSO CREEM Still got a baby seat in the back. GUS No extra charge for that. ALONSO CREEM Here's four hundred. GUS What's that? We heard you pay a thousand. ALONSO CREEM Four hundred. You want to take it or not? FELIX Yeah. GUS Nah. GUS We got other stops to make. Get in. FELIX I get a word with you? GUS I should beat your big ass. FELIX Why you always bring up my ass, man? Leave my ass out of this. We here; let's finish this. GUS That ugly silver-toothed punk could merc us for four hundred lousy-ass dollars right now. GUS You got your ratchet on you? FELIX Always right, homie. GUS We're leaving. ALONSO CREEM Here. Eight hundred. ALONSO CREEM You get a full G next time you come around. GUS You can bet on that. FITZWILLIAM Forgive me for waking you, sir. Your appointment's here. PALMER I'm not asleep. It actually hurts to keep my eyes open. FITZWILLIAM Sorry. The delivery is right on time. Should be here soon. Most of the cell towers in the city are reporting problems. The top seven Internet server farms have crashed. All the social networks have gone dark. PALMER That girl is surprisingly reliable. All right. Show Maggie in. FITZWILLIAM Secretary Pierson, Mr. Palmer. PALMER Please forgive me, Maggie. SECRETARY PIERSON Eldritch. PALMER I know. Don't worry. I'll be better soon. Please. PALMER I had a phone call from the White House today, an urgent one. You need to understand what happened on that flight. They will never tell you, but I feel it's imperative you know. PALMER The United States military removed the bodies from the morgue in the middle of the night. SECRETARY PIERSON Why did they do that? PALMER A highly classified biological agent got loose on that airplane. It was a tragic mistake of epic proportions. But now we must do what needs to be done. Without cowardice, without hesitation. SECRETARY PIERSON Those poor people. PALMER What makes you powerful and formidable is also what makes a decision like this so painful--your decency. Maggie, we need you to put your country first. Not the bullshit country we pretend to be, the one we really are--the one you're getting to know very well. PALMER I saw that in you from the start--the potential to get the game behind the game. SECRETARY PIERSON I owe you my career, Eldritch. Now, what about the bioagent? PALMER Highly lethal but it quickly dissipates--designed so our troops can follow it into battle. That's why no one found it. It's gone. Done. PALMER Will you stand with me on this, Maggie? SECRETARY PIERSON Yes, I will. Whatever you need. Are you okay? PALMER I can't tell you how rare and valuable-- PALMER What's going on? Where's Maggie? FITZWILLIAM You passed out, sir. Once she was certain you were okay, Secretary Pierson left. DR MOISE Mr. Palmer. Your new liver is here; it's in great shape. We need to prep you for surgery right now. PALMER Does Eichhorst know what is happening to me? FITZWILLIAM We haven't been able to reach him, sir. PALMER PALMER Have they already forgotten how much they need me? Why are they doing this? I was promised a miracle. DR MOISE We have a healthy liver for you. That's the miracle. DR MOISE Eldritch, you are in fulminant hepatic failure. PALMER Yes, yes, you have my consent. Get on with it. DR MOISE Excellent. Let's get him into surgery now. EXT./EPH Hello? It's Doctor Ephraim Goodweather from the CDC. EPH Mr. Arnot? This old man, he played one, he played knick-knack on my thumb, with a knick-knack, paddy whack, give a dog a bone, this old man came rolling home. This old man, he played two, he played knick-knack on my shoe, with a knick-knack, paddy whack, give a dog a bone, this old man came rolling home. This old man, he played three, he played knick-knack on my tree, with a knick-knack, paddy whack, give a dog a bone, this old man came rolling home. This old man, he played four, he played knick-knack on my door, with a knick-knack, paddy whack, give a dog a bone, this old man came rolling home. This old man, he played five-- EMMA he played knick-knack on my hive, with a knick-knack, paddy whack, give a dog a bone-- EPH Emma? this old man came rolling home. NORA EMMA SETRAKIAN NORA Oh, God! NORA Oh, God! SETRAKIAN Move away. He'll be right behind her. They need to find shelter before the sun rises. Move! Get out of the way! SETRAKIAN NORA EPH Are you okay? Are you okay? SETRAKIAN Keep away from the bodies. The worms: don't let them touch you. NORA What have you done? SETRAKIAN Among other things, I just save your life. NORA We have resources, protocols! SETRAKIAN Not for this. There's no other way. NORA I can't stay down here. SETRAKIAN There are two containers full of gasoline in the garage. We have to finish this. Burn them. NORA EPH Nora! NORA Just, just ... No, no, don't. Just let me go! EPH No, no, no. Please, please ... NORA We're not doing this--we were talking about finding a cure! EPH That was before we knew how quickly it spread. We have to do this with him. It's our only shot. NORA Oh, come on, Eph! We don't exterminate our patients when there's an outbreak. EPH The Chinese culled the bird population in Hong Kong after the avian flu. It was the responsible thing to do. NORA We're not hunting down human beings! EPH They're hunting us! Where do you think that blood came from? Arnot was out there killing innocent people. Nora, please. NORA That was a little girl in there. I mean, how old was Emma? Eight, tops? She was sick-- EPH No, she was gone. There was something inside her shell. That was a body controlled by virus. This is what we do. The people of New York rely on us to investigate--and eliminate--threats to their health. And now, when it finally means something, we're gonna run? NORA I am not doing this! I'm not. I'd rather die from whatever this epidemic is than kill people! SETRAKIAN This, it's, uh, it's not for everyone. NORA Are you going to murder everyone on that list of yours? SETRAKIAN Yes. I assume you're not staying with us. NORA No. EPH Please be safe. Promise me. NORA There HAS to be another way. SETRAKIAN Some brains can't adjust. I can see you love her for that but you have to let her go. Get the gasoline.